Apparatus for justifying with hot metal.



R. LANGSETH.

APPARATUS FOR JUSTIFYING WITH HOT METAL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914,

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APPARATUS FOR JUSTIFYING WITH HOT METAL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

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Patented A i.21,,1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

' 1 ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RANDOLPH LANGSE'IH, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,OF ONE-HALF TO AUTOMATIC JUSTIFIER COMPANY, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, A

CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR JUSTIFYING WITH HOT METAL.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RANDOLPH Lanosnrn, acitizen of the United States. residing at Hammond, county of Lake, Stateof Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inApparatus for JuSt1- fying with Hot Metal, and declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Cuts and the like are often supplied to the printer in a form whichnecessitates justify ing in order to make them fit into the column orpage scheme, the justifying being done by laying beside the cut fillingpieces in sufiicient numbers to produce with the cut a piece ofcomposition of the desired width; the justifying process being a slowone because of the necessity of selecting and trying the filling piecesso as to secure just the proper dimensions; and the typographi calmaterial, with the piece of composition set into it being often weak andunstable instead of firm and solid, as it should be.

One of the objects of my invention is to;

produce a simple and novel apparatus whereby a piece of composition maybe ust-ified quickly and with exactness, reducing the number of parts toa minimum and overcoming the objection of lack of stability and rigidityinherent in composition as heretofore justified.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; butfor a full understanding of my invention and of its objects andadvantages, reference may be had to the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa plan view of an apparatus arranged in accordance with a preferred formof my invention and adapted to carry out my improved process; Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the apparatus; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 8-3of Fig. 1.

Broadly speaking, my improved process consists in justifying with hotmetal, the cut or other device being held within a form or mold havingthe exact dimensions of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 722,710.

.right width, the hot metal will be so shaped that the piece ofcomposition will fit accurately in the space available for it: therebeing no fitting and trying of filling pieces; and, because the piece ofjustified composition always is of exactly the right width and iscomposed of the smallest possible number of parts, solidity and rigidityis obtained when a piece of composition is set up with the rest of thetypographical material. My process may of course be carried out with asimple apparatus of any kind, but I prefer to use an apparatus of thegeneral type illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in order toreduce the time and labor required for justifying to a minimum.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a flat table preferably set uponsuitable legs or standards 2 so as to bring the top of the table to aconvenient height. At one end of the table is a melting pot 3 adapted tocontain molten metal for justifying; the pot being preferably carried bya part 41- secured to the table; and the metal in the pot being kept ina heated state by any suitable means such as a burner 5 arranged belowthe pot. Along the front of the table is a low upwardly projecting wallor ledge 6. A similar Wall or ledge 7 extends along one of the ends ofthe table. At the opposite end of the table preferably at the end atwhich the melting pot is situated is a detachable Wall or ledge 8similar to the walls or ledges 6 and 7 In the arrangement shown, thewall or ledge 8 is pivotally connected or hinged at its rear end to thetable, as indicated at 9, this arrangement permitting it to be swungaround out of the Way in order to remove the justified piece or piecesof composition as will hereinafter appear.

The front end of the wall or ledge 8 and the adjacent end of the wall orledge 6 are preferably so shaped that when the member 8 is in its normalposition, butting against the end of the member 6, a tight joint isproduced between the two. The member 8 may be locked in its normal orclosed position in any suitable way as, for example, by means of a pin10 inserted through registering openings in adjacent ends of the members6 and 8. Upon the table and fitting accurately between the members 8 and7, is a fourth shallow wall or ledge, 11, this ledge or wall beingmovable from and toward the member 6 and determining the width of apiece of composition. The upper faces of the members 8 and 7, alongtheir inner edges, are preferably graduated as indicated at 12 and 13,respectively; the graduations permitting the movable wall or ledge to beaccurately adjusted parallel with the opposite wall or ledge at anydesired distance therefrom. The movable wall or ledge may be adjusted inany suitable manner. However, I prefer to provide some means by which itmay be shifted quickly and easily through any desired distance withoutbringing it out of parallelism with the opposite ledge or wall. In thearrangement shown, I have connected to the member 11, near its ends, twolong screws 14: and 15, which extend back across the table at rightangles to the member 11. On the rear ends of the screws are nuts 16 and17 respectively, suitably supported upon stationary brackets, 18, insuch a manner that they are free to revolve but are held against axialmovements. The nuts serve as the hubs of sprocket wheels 19 of whichthey form a part or to which they are secured. Mounted beneath thetable, and ex tending from the front to the back is a revo-luble shaft20 having at its front end a crank or handle 21 by which it may beturned. On the rear end of the shaft is a sprocket wheel 22. An endlesssprocket chain 23 passes over the sprocket wheel 22 and around each ofthe sprocket wheels 19. It will be seen that by turning the crank orhandle 21, both of the sprocket wheels 19 are turned in one direction orthe other, rotating the nuts on the two screws and causing the screws tomove axially and carry the movable wall or ledge 11 toward the front orthe back of the table, as the case may be.

The distance between the members 6 and 11 determines one of thedimensions of the piece of composition or of the mold in which it isproduced and the other dimension is determined by one of the side walls,preferably the member 8, and a movable part lying between the members 6and 11. The cuts or other devices are of course of various sizes andshapes, measured along the two aXes lying at right angles to each otherin the plane of their faces and furthermore, it is often possible tojustify several different pieces of composition at the same time. It isfurther necessary to provide some means for effectively forming thefourth wall of the form or mold whose other three walls are portions ofthe members 6, 8 and 11, and it is desirable to have means forconveniently dividing the form or mold into a series of compartmentslying side by side. To this end I have provided a series of metal platesgraduated in length so as to provide a plate for each width which may atany time be desired, the plate of the proper length being set on edgebetween the members 6 and 11 before the member 11 is adjusted to itsfinal position and the plate therefore serving both as a spacing devicebetween the members 6 and 11 and as an end wall for the form or mold. Inthe drawings I have illustrated one of these plates, the same beingindicated at 25. The top faces of the members 6 and 11, along theirinner edges, may be provided with suitable scales 26 and 27 for thepurpose of permitting the plates 25 to be set accurately at right anglesto the members 6 and 11. I have also provided a series of thin metalstrips or rules 28, each series preferably containing several units ofthe same length and the series as a whole being graduated to correspondwith the series of plates 25. The strips or rules 28 are intended to beplaced in the form or mold so as to divide it into a series ofcompartments each of which contains a cut and each of which produces apiece of accurately just-ified composition.

In the drawing I have illustrated the ap paratus as arranged to formfive separate pieces of composition, there being five cuts 31 to 34inclusive within the mold or form bounded by the members 6, 8, 11 and25; the cut 31 lying against the inner face of the member 8, the cut 35lying against the inner face of the member 25, and there being a stripor rule 28 between each cut and the next out.

It is desirable that the loose plate 25 be pressed or supported in somemanner in addition to being clamped between the members 6 and 11, and itis further desirable to have some means for pressing this platelaterally in order that there may be no looseness of the cuts or spacingstrips or rules. To this end I have provided a rod or bar 36 extendingtransversely of the table between the members 6 and 11 and passingslidably through a block 37 which is in turn slidably mounted in anysuitable way upon the member 7 so as to have capacity for movements backand forth at right angles to the front of the table. The rod may belocked against movement in the block in any suitable way, as for exampleby providing the block with a thumb screw 38 which may be screwedagainst the rod. The sliding connection between the block and the tablemay conveniently be secured by providing the member 7 with an elongateddovetailed slot 39 into which fits a complementary projection 40 on theblock. Each of the plates 25 is provided on one side with a socket 4:1for receiving the inner endof the rod 36. In ad justing the apparatusthe block 37 is shifted so as to bring it halfway between the members 6and 11, the set screw 38 is loosened, and the rod 36, then adjusted soas to fit its end into the socket in the plate 25. Then by pushing in onthe rod the parts 31 to 35 inclusive and the spacing strips or rules 28are clamped solidly between the members 8 and Since the rod 36 shouldlie halfway between the members 6 and 11, it follows that the rod mustbe shifted back and forth through half the distance traveled by themember 11 in making adjustments and therefore the block 37 mayconveniently be connected to the actuating means for the member 11 insuch a way as always to keep the block and the rod in the properposition, regardless of the distance between the members 6 and 11. Inthe arrangement shown,

the block 37 is carried upon the front end of a screw rod 43 whichpasses back through a stationary nut a l at the rear end of the table.011 the rear end of the screw rod is a gear wheel 45 which meshes withan elongated pinion 46 secured to or forming a part of the nut 16; thegear wheel having twice as many teeth as the pinion and the threads onthe members 14 and 43 being in opposite direction. It will be seen thatby this arrangement the block 37 is always adjusted in the samedirection as the member 11, when the latter is moved, but travels onlythrough half the distance through which the member 11 passes.

The series of plates 25 and rules or strips 28 are preferably carried ina suitable rack 47 mounted upon the table at the back thereof; the rackbeing divided into a series of graduated compartments t8 each of whichis adapted to contain one of the plates 25 and the set of spacing stripsor rules having the same length as the plate. This arrangement makes iteasy for the operator to select the proper material for making the formor mold.

After the cuts have been set up as illustrated in Fig. 1, molten metalis taken from the pot and is poured into the spaces between the severalcuts and the members 6 and 11. The hot metal completely fills the spacein each compartment so that when the metal cools and solidifies, eachcompartment contains a piece of composition accurately justified. Vihenthe justifying metal has cooled, the member 3 is swung around asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and, upon releasing thepressure of the member 11 upon the ends of the members 25 and 28 andloosening the set screw 38, the rod 36 may be used to push the justifiedmatter off the side of the table upon the auxiliary table formed by themember 4. After the printing has been completed, the justifying piecesmay be remelted and thus be used over and over again.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a simple eflicient andpractical apparatus whereby it is possible to justify cuts or the likequickly and accurately regardless of the width of the space availabletherefor in the typo-graphical matter and in such a way as to make thetypographical matter solid and firm.

I claim:

1. A hot metal justifying apparatus comprising a table, walls or ledgesprojecting above the table and forming thereon a rectangle, means formoving one of the said walls from and toward the opposite wall, and aseries of spacers of various lengths adapted to be inserted between thelatter walls.

'2. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls or ledges projecting above the table, one of said wallsor ledges being fixed and the other being movable from and toward thesame, an abutment lying midway between said walls, actuating means forsaid movable wall, and connections between said actuating means and saidabutment for maintaining the latter midway between said walls regardlessof the distance between the walls.

3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, walls orledges projecting above the table and forming thereon a rectangle, oneof said walls being movable from and toward the opposite wall, a seriesof spacers of various lengths adapted to be inserted between thelatterwalls, and each of the walls being graduated so as to permit themovable wall and the spacers to be accurately adjusted.

at. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, wallsor ledges projecting above the table, one of said walls being stationaryand the other being movable from and toward the same, an abutment lyingmidway between said walls and adjustable longitudinally of the walls,and means for moving the movable wall and simultaneously moving theabutment in the same direction and through half the distance.

5. An apparatus of the character de scribed, comprising a table, wallsor ledges projecting above the table and forming thereon a rectangle,one of said walls being stationary and the opposite wall being movablefrom and toward the same, screw devices for actuating said movable wall,one of the other walls being hinged at one end so as to permit it to beswung away from the adjacent walls.

6. An apparatus of the character de scribed, comprising a table,relatively movable walls or ledges projecting above the table, and aplurality of series of thin spacers diifering in length from each other,the spacers of any series being adapted to be adjusted between saidwalls to form therewith a plurality of compartments separated from eachother by the spacers.

7. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls or ledges projecting above the table, one of said wallsor ledges being fixed and the other being movable from and toward thesame, a device spaced apart an equal dis tance from each of said walls,actuating means for said movable wall, and connec tions between saidactuating means and said device for maintaining the latter midwaybetween said walls regardless of the distance between the walls.

8. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls projecting above the table, one of the aforesaid wallsbeing stationary and the other being movable from and toward the same,screw devices for actuating the aforesaid m vable wall, and a third wallor ledge mounted in proximity to corresponding ends of the other twowalls, the third wall being 'movable to a position in which it leavesthe top of the table unobstructed for a portion at least of its lengthat the ends of the other two walls adjacent to the third wall.

9. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls or ledges projecting above the table, one of said wallsbeing stationary and the opposite wall being movable from and toward thesame, a plurality of series of spacers difiering in length from eachother, the spacers of any series being adapted to be adjusted betweensaid walls to form therewith compartments separated from each other bythe spacers,and means for actuating said movable wall so as to carry itfrom and toward the stationary wall.

10. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls or ledges projecting above the table, one of said wallsbeing stationary and being located along the front edge of the table,the other wall being movable from and toward the stationary wall, screwshafts extending from the ends of the movable wall to the rear of thetable, an actuating handle at the front of the table, and drivingmechanism between said actuating handle and said screw shafts.

11. An apparatus for justifying typographical material comprising atable, a wall or ledge projecting above the table, guides arranged atright angles to said wall or ledge, a second wall or ledge resting uponthe table and slidably engaging the guides, and means acting upon thelatter wall or ledge at two separated points for positively moving itfrom and toward the other wall or ledge and maintaining it at all timesparallel therewith.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, a table, two stationarywalls or ledges projecting above the table at right angles to eachother, a third wall mounted on the table and movable from a positionabove the table at right angles to one and parallel with the other ofthe stationary walls to a position away from the top of the table andprovide a doorway through which the work on the table may be slid off,and a fourth wall or ledge resting loosely upon the table and slidablyengaging at its ends with said third wall and the stationary wall opposite the said third wall.

13. In an apparatus of the character described, a table, two stationarywalls or ledges projecting above the table at right angles to eachother, a third wall resting upon the table and hinged at one end so asto permit it to be swung from a position at right angles to one of thestationary walls and in contact with one end of the latter to a positionin which it is clear of the latter wall and leaves a door openingthrough which work on the table may be slipped, and a fourth wall orledge resting loosely upon the table and slidably engaging at its endswith the said third wall and with the stationary wall opposite the saidthird wall so as to be movable from and toward the remaining stationarywall.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, a table, two stationarywalls or ledges projecting above the table at right angles to eachother, a third wall mounted on the table and movable from a positionabove the table at right angles to one and parallel with the other ofthe stationary walls to a position away from the top of the table andprovide a doorway through which the work on the table may be slid off, afourth wall or ledge resting loosely upon the table and slidablyengaging at its ends with said third wall and the stationary wallopposite the said third wall, and actuating means for said fourth walladapted to move the same from and toward and maintain said fourth wallalways parallel with the stationary wall opposite thereto.

15. An apparatus for justifying typographical material comprising atable, a stationary wall or ledge projecting above the table, a secondwall or ledge resting upon the table parallel with and movable from andtoward the stationary wall, actuating mechanism for the movable wallarranged to move opposite ends of that wall simultaneously in the samedirection and to the same extent so as always to maintain the two wallsin parallelism with each other, and a third wall mounted upon the tableand movable from a position above the table at right angles to and inproximity to corresponding ends of the aforesaid walls to a positionaway from the top of the table toprovide a doorway through which thework on the table may be slid ofi'.

16. An apparatus of the character described comprising a table, astationary wall or ledge projecting above the table, a second wall orledge resting upon the table parallel with and movable from and towardthe sta tionary wall, actuating mechanism for the movable wall arrangedto move opposite ends of that wall simultaneously in the same directionand to thesame extent so as always to maintain the two walls inparallelism with each other, each of said walls or ledges being providedwith graduations distributed lengthwise thereof, and a plurality ofspacers differing in length from each other and adapted to be placedbetween said walls and adjusted by the graduations.

17. An apparatus of the character described comprising a table, astationary wall or ledge projecting above the table, a second wall orledge resting upon the table parallel with and movable from and towardthe stationary wall, actuating mechanism for the movable wall arrangedto move opposite ends of that wall simultaneously in the same directionand to the same extent so as always to maintain the two walls inparallelism with each other, and means cooperating with said walls orledges to form with them rectangular compartments of various widths andlengths.

18. An apparatus of the character de scribed, comprising a table, twoparallel walls projecting above the table, one of the aforesaid wallsbeing stationary and the other being movable from and toward the same,and a third wall mounted upon the table in proximity to correspondingends of the other two walls, the third wall being movable to a positionin which it leaves the top of the table unobstructed for at least aportion of its length at the ends of the other two walls adjacent to thethird wall and thus provide a doorway through which the work may be slidoff.

19. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a table, twoparallel walls projecting above the table, one of the aforesaid wallsbeing stationary and the other being movable from and toward the same,means for actuating the aforesaid movable wall, and a third wall mountedin proximity to corresponding ends of the other two walls, said thirdwall being movable from a position above the table in proximity to theends of the other walls to a position away from the top of the table toprovide a doorway through which the work on the table may be slid off.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

RANDOLPH LANGSETH.

\Vitnesses:

WM. F. FREUDENREIGH, RUTH E. ZETTERVAIL.

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